Sorry dude, still not following. If your bit looks like the one on the left, then raising it will stop it from cutting a bead. If your bit looks like the one on the right (ie. a bead bit) then it doesn't matter how high you raise it, you're still going to get a lip.

Anyway, what's done is done and I have a new bit on the way which should fix the issue

Routed the fretboard flush with the neck after work today, which meant I could go on to route the neck pocket:

A fair bit of progress this weekend, mainly because the weather looked like this:

I picked up a shiny new 1/2" round over bit to fix the beading on the edge, worked pretty well in the end:

And on the underside:

Then on to the trem routing - this is where I realised an earlier mistake. I accidentally routed the pickup cavities to 28mm (cf. 20mm on a standard strat). Didn't think anything of it at the time, but here I noticed the difference:

It won't be noticeable once the covers are on, but still a bit annoying. Anyway, on to the top bridge routing:

Not much to report this week unfortunately - it's only in the last day or two we've had any decent weather, a factor which is pretty important when you're working out on the deck
Anyways, got some finishing work done on the body. Filler-primer:

And primer:

I've had a bit of a change of heart regarding the colour - I was initially thinking Candy Apple Red, but then it would just look like any other Fender. So, what better colour for a Jaguar than British Racing Green? A quick test piece, to make sure all the layers are going to play nice together:

I'll be away for the week with work, but hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get a few coats of the green on the body, and finish off the neck.

That's just the first light coat - there's a bit of overlap between passes, which leaves dark stripes. They've been covered now by the second coat, so should come out nice and purrty with a clear coat.

Can you explain how your fret bender works? I need to radius some fret wire soon and can't really be bothered building a proper bender at the moment, and no way is stew mac getting the amount they want for one haha.